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I once went to a Dodgers game with a showbiz big shot who knew Frank McCourt, so we ended up sitting with Frank and Jamie in the owner's box. The most amazing part of the experience was walking around the...

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I once went to a Dodgers game with a showbiz big shot who knew Frank McCourt, so we ended up sitting with Frank and Jamie in the owner's box. The most amazing part of the experience was walking around the ...

Granada Hills Coach Steve Thompson went to the Dodgers-Brewers game Monday night at Dodger Stadium and found himself watching a San Fernando Valley all-star game. On the mound for the Dodgers was Jon Garland, an All-City pitcher from Granada Hills ...

On the first day of classes at Granada Hills Kennedy on Tuesday, the varsity baseball team learned that its longtime coach, Manny Alvarado, had been reassigned by the local district office of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Principal Suzanne ...

As seemed to be the possibility Monday, Chad Billingsley is getting an extended rest this week from the starting rotation. Josh Rawitch said at Inside the Dodgers that Vicente Padilla, Jon Garland and Randy Wolf will start against the Giants ...

Sometimes, you don't get a great jump on the ball, but you still make the catch. And sometimes, you're Matt Kemp. The Dodgers let Pittsburgh load the bases with one out in the top of the first, had a runner ...

Dodgers Manager Joe Torre told KABC???s Charley Steiner without reservation that nothing???s physically wrong with Chad Billingsley, but said the pitcher's next starting date has not been locked in. ???We have a day off Thursday; we have a day off ...

Chad Billingsley isn't pitching at his best, not nearly. True, he hasn't been pitching as badly lately as some believe. Since August 1, his earned-run average had been 3.82 going into today's game. That's above-average. He had gone six innings ...

Eric Stephen of True Blue L.A. points out that the Dodgers on Friday became the third team in National League history to have eight players with at least 50 walks. As pledged, True Blue L.A. and its readers are donating ...

Grand slam by Ronnie Belliard, blast to center by Matt Kemp, first 2009 Dodger Stadium homer by James Loney, pinch shot by Blake DeWitt, eight earned-runless innings by Jon Garland, 12-1 victory over the Giants, magic number of six for ...

Growing up, listening to the majority of games on the radio, doubt was of a certain form. Fair or foul. Deep enough or warning track. The announcer builds the play up, and you wait for the finish. MLB Gameday is ...

National baseball columnists offer opinions on the Dodgers that you might or might not agree with. That's just the way it is. Too often, however, their opinions are based on factual errors that, while not intentional, clearly reflect a lack ...

Figure on 11 spots for the postseason pitching staff, as off days allow the Dodgers to drop a starter and a reliever from their usual 13: In unless someone's roof caves in (7): Randy Wolf, Hiroki Kuroda, Clayton Kershaw, Jonathan ...

Some baseball names from long ago still have such a powerful impact on me that just seeing them, no matter the context, takes me right back to my childhood and my earliest days of becoming fascinated with baseball. J.R. Richard ...

Maybe Joe Torre was testing Chad Billingsley. Maybe he was challenging him. Maybe he was torturing him. Or maybe he was showing unshakable faith in him. Whatever it was, the Dodgers manager made it a point once again to go ...

Manny Ramirez went 0 for 4 Tuesday, extending his hitless streak to ... one game. I've noticed some impatience among Dodgers fans with Ramirez lately, but the flamboyant Dodgers slugger is quietly (if he does anything quietly) wrapping up a ...

The Dodgers have ruled Hiroki Kuroda out of the first round of the playoffs. Kuroda, who has a stiff neck, already had been scratched from his scheduled start tomorrow. The Dodgers figure to start Randy Wolf and Clayton Kershaw in ...